This is one of those songs, I believe, that has as many versions as there are singers. I have four different renditions including Flatt&Scruggs and Ricky Nelson from the mid '60s. I think (therefore I am)Bill Monroe has recorded it, too. But they all have the same basic chorus, "Let me be your Salty Dog/Or I won't be your man at all./Honey let me be your Salty Dog." Only the verses have been changed to protect the innocent, or to reflect the times or the performer's interest.--John (not Jon)